Day 18357 (the Revrrbaliser edit)

Everybody’s prodding me for the latest musical sampler. Hang on a while, can’t you! Your electrendster is discovering and listening as fast as he can. Put aside your 13,000 tracks from the past and all of your guitar memory. As ever, The Quinq has something new for you…

Dorian Concept Clap Beep Boom from When Planets Explode
King Midas Sound One Ting (Dabrye Remix) from Cool Out
J Todd Aaaa from Ryzzynynce
Flying Lotus Bad Actors from 1983
Hudson Mohawke Everybody Else Is Wrong from 7 x 7 Beat

Dorian Concept sounds like R2D2 having a breakdown inside an Osaka pachinko parlour. King Midas Sound is a stable-mate of Burial and, therefore, untouchable for that unmistakably skeletal Dubstep sound. J Todd, on the other hand, is the fusion that would have fissioned had Parliament collaborated with Kraftwerk in 1975. My funkatronic favourite from this list. As for Flying Lotus, it’s a kaleidoscopic collision of TV theme tunes and film set soundscapes. The Avengers meet The Professionals for A Few Dollars More. As for the noise of Hudson Mohawke, well, it sounds like nothing less than a Red Indian lost in the middle of a modern metropolis (I saw one once on the night of 4th January, 1981, but he was walking very determinedly towards Leeds railway station). And all of this under the beat of electronica. It’s a far cry from beautiful Röyksopp. But I’m giving you another slice of the future. Go hear it! And don't bother me for a week or so. The builders are in. And The Quinq is learning Norwegian.

markgriffiths@idealconsulting.co.uk